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Image processing apparatus and method and a recording medium

a technology of image processing and recording medium, which is applied in the direction of color signal processing circuits, instruments, television systems, etc., can solve the problem of difficulty for users to quickly identify the contents of sound as conten

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-06-24
SONY CORP
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[0018]According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image processing method of an image processing apparatus including the steps of: generating image signals for displaying content on each of plural screens; and synthesizing plural sound signals corresponding to the plural image signals to cause positions where sounds based on the sound signals are localized to vary from each other.
[0019]According to still another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a program causing a computer to execute processes of: generating image signals for displaying content on each of plural screens; and synthesizing plural sound signals corresponding to the plural image signals to cause positions where sounds based on the sound signals are localized to vary from each other.
[0020]According to still another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute processes of: generating image signals for displaying content on each of plural screens; and synthesizing plural sound signals corresponding to the plural image signals to cause positions where sounds based on the sound signals are localized to vary from each other.

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As a result, it is difficult for the user to quickly identify the contents of the sound as content.

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[0087]In the second embodiment, an image cooperative scaling process is performed as shown in FIG. 7. This process is the same as the process of steps S1 to S4 and S6 of FIG. 2, and is started when an image display is instructed.

[0088]At step S51, the control unit 12 produces a default display. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the default state is the state in which the left main display area 51 and the right sub display area 52 are displayed in the same size.

[0089]The sub display area 52 is divided into nine areas, and image signals of nine channels simultaneously received by the content acquisition unit 13 or reproduced by the recording unit 14 are image signals of the respective division areas of the sub display area 52. The nine image signals are scaled by the image signal generation unit 15 so that nine thumbnail images of moving images (denoted by V1 to V9 in FIG. 8) can be displayed.

[0090]An image of an area selected and decided from the nine thumbnail images displayed...

first embodiment

[0101]As described above, in accordance with the user's operation of one of the left button 22 and the right button 23, the size of the screen of the main display area 51 and the size of the screen of the sub display area 52 are scaled in cooperation, which is the same as the case of the

[0102]A sound cooperative scaling process shown in a flowchart of FIG. 11 is further performed in cooperation with the image cooperative scaling process of FIG. 7 as stated above.

[0103]At step S71, the control unit 12 sets a default sound. As described above, in the case of this embodiment, the state shown in FIG. 8 is the default state. In this case, the upper left area of the sub display area 52 is selected by the cursor 71, and the image of the upper left area is displayed on the screen of the main display area 51. Thus, the image which the user tries to watch and hear is the image V1. Then, the sound synthesizing unit 18 controls the sound signal phases of sound Lv1 outputted from the left sound ...

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[0121]FIG. 18 to FIG. 20 show a display example of a third embodiment in which a position where sounds are localized and volume are displayed on a screen. As shown in these drawings, on the screens of a main display area 51 and a sub display area 52, positions where sounds of respective displayed images are localized are indicated by movement portions 92 and 102 on bars 91 and 101. The positions of the movement portions 92 and 102, on the bars 91 and 101 are moved according to the positions where the screen sounds of the main display area 51 and the sub display area 52 are localized. The image signal generation unit 15 controls these displays according to the localization position and the value of the volume calculated by the volume localization calculation unit 17.

[0122]In FIG. 18, since the sound of the image V1 of the screen of the main display area 51 is localized at the left position Pv1, the movement portion 92 is displayed at the left end of the bar 91. Since the sound of the...

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Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate image signals for displaying content on each of a plurality of screens; and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize a plurality of sound signals corresponding to the plurality of image signals to cause positions where sounds based on the plurality of sound signals are localized to vary from each other.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present invention contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP 2008-068849 filed in the Japanese Patent Office on Mar. 18, 2008, the entire contents of which being incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method and a recording medium, and particularly to an image processing apparatus and method and a recording medium in which the contents of content can be quickly identified.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Recently, the size of a display to display an image of television broadcasting is increased, and even if plural screens are displayed on one display, the user can sufficiently enjoy images of the respective screens. However, with respect to sound, in most cases, only the stereo sound of one selected screen can be heard.[0006]Then, in a commonly-owned earlier patent application...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04R5/02H04N5/445H04N5/60H04N9/74H04S1/00
CPCH04N5/60G06F3/167H04N5/44591H04N5/45H04N21/4316H04N21/439H04N21/440263H04N21/482H04N21/4852H04N21/47D03D11/02D03D15/00D03D1/0035A01G9/22A01G9/24
Inventor NEGI, DAISUKEOKAMOTO, HIROSHIGE
Owner SONY CORP